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people in britain are talking about nothing else. it goes back it 2006 when a royal correspondent for the news of the world was arrested, accused of tapping phones of prince william and other members of the royal family, pleaded guilty. an investigators pleaded guilty as well, went to jail for short periods. that time it was contained and the police said it was just a rogue reporter and news of the world said it was a rogue reporter. two years ago, the guardian newspaper in particular followed by the new york times started to investigate this. it became more and more clear there were more people involved and a lot of people's phones being hacked. on monday it went beyond politicians and celebrities and footballers. it turned out that victims of terrorism, relatives of soldiers who had been killed and the phone of a missing 13-year-old girl who subsequently turned up to be murdered, they were all hacked. then there was just really public outrage over this. >> and the horrible wrinkle in this is that people thought this young girl yas
people in britain are talking about nothing else. it goes back it 2006 when a royal correspondent for the news of the world was arrested, accused of tapping phones of prince william and other members of the royal family, pleaded guilty. an investigators pleaded guilty as well, went to jail for short periods. that time it was contained and the police said it was just a rogue reporter and news of the world said it was a rogue reporter. two years ago, the guardian newspaper in particular followed...
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people in britain are talking about nothing else. it goes back to 2006 when a royal correspondent for news of the world was arrested, accused of tapping phones of prince william and other members of the royal family, pleaded guilty, an investigator pleaded guilty as well, went to jail for short periods. at that time it was contained and the police said it was a rogue reporter and "news of the world" said it was a rogue reporter. two years ago they really started to investigate this and it became more and more clear it was more and more people involved, talking up to 4,000 people's phones being hacked. now, the thing that changed this week on monday when it went beyond being politicians, celebrities, and footballers and it turned out the victims of terrorism, thethinking, you know, the girl is accessing her own phone, deleting messages, maybe she's still alive, and the anguish that caused the family. >> how is that related to the british government, the torrey government? >> it's not just the government, governments going back to one,
people in britain are talking about nothing else. it goes back to 2006 when a royal correspondent for news of the world was arrested, accused of tapping phones of prince william and other members of the royal family, pleaded guilty, an investigator pleaded guilty as well, went to jail for short periods. at that time it was contained and the police said it was a rogue reporter and "news of the world" said it was a rogue reporter. two years ago they really started to investigate this...
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that's why it's so critical for rupert and james murdoch to contain it to britain. clearly there are multiple investigations. what we have learned is no one knows where these investigations will lead. >> i have footage about james murdoch being questioned about the neville e-mail. today this is front page stuff because questions are being raised as to whether he was being forthcoming. let's watch. >> when you signed off the taylor payment, did you see or were you made aware of full neville e-mail, the transcript of the voice mail message? >> no, i was not aware of that at the time. >> why on earth was it -- you paid an astronomical sum and there was no reason to. >> there was every reason to settle the case given the likelihood of losing the case. >> robert moore, give me the cliffs note version, what's that all about, the payoff of the footballer. >> this is critical. this is a 2008 e-mail. it clearly was evidence that there was systematic phone hagging, nothing to do with a rogue reporter, systematic phone hacking orchestrated by the news desk of the "news of the
that's why it's so critical for rupert and james murdoch to contain it to britain. clearly there are multiple investigations. what we have learned is no one knows where these investigations will lead. >> i have footage about james murdoch being questioned about the neville e-mail. today this is front page stuff because questions are being raised as to whether he was being forthcoming. let's watch. >> when you signed off the taylor payment, did you see or were you made aware of full...
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the reports are coming out of britain that, in fact, police were bribed. we don't know if it's true. if it is true, that in itself is a violation of the foreign corrupt practices act, because that passed a long time ago, and the reason was that business communities were looking at each other and saying, america doesn't really have the best reputation on corporations and they wanted to have some stronger laws, and so this passed, signed by jimmy carter, so long ago, in the '70s. so, you know, if you believe what we're being told out of britain, it looks like they did bribe officials. >> do you think your republican colleagues would support a subpoena of rupert murdoch who is so much in bed with newscorp that it would stop before it brought a committee to the senate? >> i don't really believe we're at that point yet, but i can tell you i've spoken with chairman rockefeller and he and i both believe that it may come to that at some point that we're going to have some hearings but we're not there yet. rupert murdoch has, in fact, testified before the commerce
the reports are coming out of britain that, in fact, police were bribed. we don't know if it's true. if it is true, that in itself is a violation of the foreign corrupt practices act, because that passed a long time ago, and the reason was that business communities were looking at each other and saying, america doesn't really have the best reputation on corporations and they wanted to have some stronger laws, and so this passed, signed by jimmy carter, so long ago, in the '70s. so, you know, if...
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it withdrew the long-planned bid to take over britain's largest satellite broadcaster. this is big bad for him. back stateside senators jay rockefeller barba boxer and peter king have called in for investigations into whether murdoch broke u.s. laws. >>> joins us is jay -- and gabriel sherman entitled "fox news made a circus" and boy does he regret it now. gabrielle, i think you've written about me at different times, so let's talk about the journalism -- no harm done, i don't think, there. but let me ask the question. the investigation that's going on, peter king is a red-hot going after kind of guy, especially new york stuff involving the victims of 9/11. if it can be determined that murdoch's people did here what they did there, gone in and hacked into people's e-mail, people's telephone lines to find out information about the victims of 9/11, how hot is that? >> gosh, chris, i mean, that is the, you know, that is the big elephant in the room, but i think it's important to point out that there's no evidence thus far that any of that hacking activity has occurred stat
it withdrew the long-planned bid to take over britain's largest satellite broadcaster. this is big bad for him. back stateside senators jay rockefeller barba boxer and peter king have called in for investigations into whether murdoch broke u.s. laws. >>> joins us is jay -- and gabriel sherman entitled "fox news made a circus" and boy does he regret it now. gabrielle, i think you've written about me at different times, so let's talk about the journalism -- no harm done, i...
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if so, that's clearly a much bigger deal for the murdoch empire in britain. >> he's been taking news organizations down to the right since he got ahoefld his first one. that's his reputation. did he ever improve an organization. >> well, he had some good journalism but he had more peril. >> thank you for joining us from across the pond. i hope it stays across the pond. let me finish with the jobs and what president and his staff should be doing to create more of them. not just talking about debt ceilings but the stuff democrats have always been good at, jobs. you're watching "hardball" only on msnbc. introducing the schwab mobile app. it's schwab at your fingertips wherever, whenever you want. one log in lets you monitor all of your balances and transfer between accounts, so your money can move as fast as you do. check out your portfolio, track the market with live updates. and execute trades anywhere and anytime the inspiration hits you. even deposit checks right from your phone. just take a picture, hit deposit and you're done. open an account today and put schwab mobile to work fo
if so, that's clearly a much bigger deal for the murdoch empire in britain. >> he's been taking news organizations down to the right since he got ahoefld his first one. that's his reputation. did he ever improve an organization. >> well, he had some good journalism but he had more peril. >> thank you for joining us from across the pond. i hope it stays across the pond. let me finish with the jobs and what president and his staff should be doing to create more of them. not just...
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in britain's may pay tv. that's the breaking news we have at the moment. >> michael, is this stalingrad for murdoch? like the beginning of the moment, that moment where something happens and you stop growing. you're thrown back on your imperial purposes and you never quite expand again? in fact, you begin to contract? is this that important? what's going on here? >> chris, that's well said. yes, this is implosion at the highest level. i frankly and i think -- i think this is certainly the growing analysis in the uk is that there's no way that this company and the murdoch family can continue to run their business in the united kingdom. that they have in a very short period of time, although i should point out this scant hall been going on for five year, but in the last week they basically have come to a moment where they have lost their credibility. almost the entirety of it. >> are they in or out when it comes to the establishment? >> well, they are -- they are out, but what they've done is they've replaced t
in britain's may pay tv. that's the breaking news we have at the moment. >> michael, is this stalingrad for murdoch? like the beginning of the moment, that moment where something happens and you stop growing. you're thrown back on your imperial purposes and you never quite expand again? in fact, you begin to contract? is this that important? what's going on here? >> chris, that's well said. yes, this is implosion at the highest level. i frankly and i think -- i think this is...
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news continues to brack in the hacking scandal in britain. a former top murdoch aide rebekah brooks was arrested yesterday. the top two men resigned over questions about a former news of the world reporter and a whittle blower turned up dead. stephan steph boanie gosk is covering t story. to the tangled web that may be the best way to describe this hacking scandal as the parties involved, murdoch's empire, government and the police all have ties one to another. it begins with rupert murdoch, the chief of news corporation, which includes the british any news international. his son james handles european operations for newscorp. on friday, les hidden resigned, he ran murdoch's dow jones and published the "wall street journal." rebekah brooks ran the tabloid news of the word and went on to she went on to run news international. she quit and was arrested yesterday. david cameron became prime minister. coolson later resigned from the prime minister's office over the hacking scandal. the prime minister is friends with rebecca brooks and james murdo
news continues to brack in the hacking scandal in britain. a former top murdoch aide rebekah brooks was arrested yesterday. the top two men resigned over questions about a former news of the world reporter and a whittle blower turned up dead. stephan steph boanie gosk is covering t story. to the tangled web that may be the best way to describe this hacking scandal as the parties involved, murdoch's empire, government and the police all have ties one to another. it begins with rupert murdoch,...
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despite the horror show going on in britain i'm still with mr. jefferson. >>> a reporter gets too close to the story. the arizona republic's richard lieuellis went to state senator lori klein's office about gun she's a big second amendment advocate. at that point she pulled out a pink loaded pistol and pointed the weapon's laser at his chest. he said she told him not to worry, since she didn't have her hand on the trigger. after the story was published kline said she didn't point the gun at him and he himself sat down in front of it. whatever happened, can we all agree loaded guns shouldn't be part of the interview process? >>> now, moving to hollywood, arnold schwarzenegger gets back in the saddle. the former governor of california just signed on to his first postscandal project. a western action film, a sci-fi film "the last stand." shooting on the movie is scheduled to start in september. i wish him luck. actually i really did like "true lies." >>> up next, the rupert murdoch scanned all keach getting bigger. former british prime minister says
despite the horror show going on in britain i'm still with mr. jefferson. >>> a reporter gets too close to the story. the arizona republic's richard lieuellis went to state senator lori klein's office about gun she's a big second amendment advocate. at that point she pulled out a pink loaded pistol and pointed the weapon's laser at his chest. he said she told him not to worry, since she didn't have her hand on the trigger. after the story was published kline said she didn't point the...